Nobody on this blog understand the basics of telecommunications. There is no privacy because every call you make internationally over fiber or satellite is subject to interception by at least 20 different countries and if it is a satellite transmitted call, 1/3 the globe is listening. Who thinks that their call was ever private? There is no such thing as privacy so this entire hoopla is just absurd. I read the objections to FISA but they make no technical sense because people just don't understand how international calling works.
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Nobody on this blog understand the basics of telecommunications. There is no privacy because every call you make internationally over fiber or satellite is subject to interception by at least 20 different countries and if it is a satellite transmitted call, 1/3 the globe is listening. Who thinks that their call was ever private? There is no such thing as privacy so this entire hoopla is just absurd. I read the objections to FISA but they make no technical sense because people just don't understand how international calling works.